Eleven teams have managed to win their first two matches, here are the results of the leading teams.
Round 2 15:00
| Eynatten - KSK47 | 1.5-4.5 | SOCAR Azerbaijan |
| IM Dambacher Martijn 2476 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Radjabov Teimour 2748 |
The big-match scenario seems to suit Ivanchuk at the moment if you remember that he led Ukraine to the Olympic gold earlier this month.
| Seeds 2 v 6! | St.Petersburg Chess Club | 3.5-2.5 | Yugra |
| bd 1 | GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2754 | 1-0 | GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2726 |
| bd 2 | GM Svidler Peter 2731 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Malakhov Vladimir 2725 |
| bd 3 | GM Vitiugov Nikita 2709 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Motylev Alexander 2694 |
| bd 4 | GM Movsesian Sergei 2723 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Rublevsky Sergei 2683 |
| bd 5 | GM Zvjaginsev Vadim 2664 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Sjugirov Sanan 2627 |
| bd 6 | GM Sakaev Konstantin 2607 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Landa Konstantin 2611 |
| Rivnenski Iisovi zubry - Rivne | 2-4 | ShSM-64 Moscow Rtg |
| GM Kononenko Dmitry 2582 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Gelfand Boris 2751 |
| Economist-SGSEU-1 | 5-1 | Solingen SG |
| GM Eljanov Pavel 2761 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Sandipan Chanda 2641 |
| Margiris Kaunas | 1.5-4.5 | Baden-Baden OSG |
| GM Sulskis Sarunas 2544 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Adams Michael 2728 |
| Beer Sheva CC | 1.5-4.5 | Mika Yerevan |
| GM Huzman Alexander 2605 | 0 -1 | GM Aronian Levon 2783 |
| Ashdod Elite CC | 4-2 | Glasinac |
| GM Kamsky Gata 2705 | 1 -0 | GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2582 |
| Naiden Voinov CC | 1.5-4.5 | Ural |
| GM Cheparinov Ivan 2661 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2706 |
| A DAN DZO & PGMB-Chernigiv | 3.5 -2.5 | Werder Bremen |
| GM Jobava Baadur 2710 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Fressinet Laurent 2718 |
| G-Team Novy Bor | 3-3 | Vesnianka Gran Rtg |
| GM Laznicka Viktor 2690 | 0.5-0.5 | GM Zhigalko Andrey 2580 |
| Gros Xake Taldea | 1.5-4.5 | Bihac CK |
| GM Bauer Christian 2622 | 0.5-0.5 | GM Stevic Hrvoje 2607 |
|Viking Stockholm| 2.5-3.5| Oslo Schakselskap| |GM Agrest Evgenij 2585| 0-1| GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2633|
In the Women's event Monte Carlo face fourth seed Tbilisi. Here are the pairings with the top board encounters:
Round 2:
In the 'Match of the day' Tbilisi won on boards three and four against higher ranked opposition to create something of a surprise.
Lower down the matches went more or less as expected.
| Seeds 4 v 1! | Samaia Tbilisi | 2.5-1.5 | Cercle d'Echecs de Monte Carlo |
| bd 1 | GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2500 | 0.5 -0.5 | GM Koneru Humpy 2593 |
| bd 2 | IM Javakhishvili Lela 2451 | 0 -1 | GM Hou Yifan 2578 |
| bd 3 | IM Melia Salome 2439 | 1 -0 | IM Muzychuk Anna 2535 |
| bd 4 | IM Khurtsidze Nino 2435 | 1 -0 | GM Cramling Pia 2509 |
| AVS | 3-1 | BAS Beograd |
| GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2551 | 1 -0 | IM Bojkovic Natasa 2368 |
| MIKA Yerevan | 3 -1 | St.Petersburg Chess Club |
| IM Danielian Elina 2466 | 1 -0 | GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2513 |
| Giprorechtrans | 3.5 -0.5 | Oslo Schakselkap |
| GM Zhukova Natalia 2499 | 1 -0 | Khachatourian Yerazik 2025 |
| USV Volksbank Halle | 2.5 -1.5 | Ashdod Elite CC |
| IM Kononenko Tatiana 2384 | 0.5 -0.5 | IM Borsuk Angela 2270 |
| CS Fischer Chieti | 3-1 | KSC Komarno |
| IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2368 | 1 -0 | WIM Borosova Zuzana 2277 |
| Herzliya Chess Club | 2 -2 | Lokomotiv 2000 |
| WFM Botvinnik Irina 2216 | 1 -0 | WIM Nikolova Adriana 2295 |
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